AESSEAL invested over £500,000 in 2018 to double its apprentice intake. It currently has 60 people completing its Manufacturing Apprenticeship Programme and 15 people completing other apprentices such as Business Administration and Marketing. AESSEAL also boasts a 90%+ retention rate of apprentices.
Nathan Wall won an Apprentice of the Year award last year and the quality of the company’s training programme was also acknowledged in national and regional awards, including:
Learning and development manager Julia Bloomer said: “We take great pride in having created an award-winning apprenticeship scheme which produces award-winning apprentices, particularly in engineering, where the skills gap is keenly felt.
“Our apprentices, and former apprentices who are now in senior roles, visit local schools from Year 6 primary onwards, to dispel myths about engineering as a ‘grease and overalls’ job, which helps us attract the brightest and best to our programme.
“We have flexible training to suit a wide range of abilities and ages, so our net is cast wider. And we guarantee real career progression, so engineering is seen as a profession to aspire to, not just a job, by our apprentices.
“Without a doubt they play a central role in the continuing growth of AESSEAL.”
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